When we showed up at Neumo’s last night, the setlist times indicated that poppy Glaswegians Camera Obscura would be playing from 10:35pm-12:35am. Two hours of twee? Are you kidding? We thought (in our best Tracy Morgan voice) that was krazy, but thankfully, the band only played the standard hour plus encore. more ›

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SIFF saved one of its most intriguing film events for the last weekend of the fest: freaky director Tod Browning's silent film The Unknown, featuring Lon Cheney and a young Joan Crawford as circus folk. Creepy and twisted, the film itself warrants a viewing, but throw in an original score performed live by North Carolina-based band Portastatic, and this becomes a bonafide must-see. Seattlest talked to Mac McCaughan, indie rock godfather, about his work on The Unknown. more ›